State v. Trull

PARKER, Justice.

Defendant Gary Allen Trull was indicted on 17 June 1994 for first-degree murder, first-degree kidnapping, and first-degree rape. He was tried capitally and found guilty of first-degree murder on the bases of premeditation and deliberation and felony murder. He was also found guilty of first-degree kidnapping and first-degree rape. Following a capital-sentencing proceeding, the jury recommended a sentence of death for the murder; and the trial court entered judgment accordingly. The trial court sentenced defendant to a consecutive sentence of forty years’ imprisonment for the…